Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-06-25

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Abner had only jumped into the water to
avoid detection, and saved himself. disors-
ton would be best; she reco1eeted that he
was an excellent swimmer.
BUS one thing was plain. If Abner fred
the shot he must have known Of the friend
ship between herself and the junior part
ner.
aTrue," she had told her terrified soul,
Athere had been nothing dishonorabIei in it.
but the world-the awful world-might not
be convinced" not If the passionate hus-
band lived to indicate his action, and q
wild. insane wish for moment took pos
session Of her that he might be dead.
She opened the wicket and walked up the
tagging to the front door as usual. Per-
haps, after all, it wasn't Abner, and likely
he was in the house now, it being his hour
for returning from the office.
But he was not In. He was sleeping the
dreamiess sleep beneath the icy waters Of
the bay. And, IL the miserable wife vas
Mortified before, she was doubly tortured
now by the strange revelation of note left
on her dressing What was even his
suicide to the contents Of the hurried scrawl
lying there? Simply nothing.
@This afternoon, ran the note, Il am
going to shoot Cullen Leighton, Junior
partner Of the firm OF Nichols & Leigh
ton, not because you care for him, but be-
cause he carries a secret which he would
reveal did he know Of my residence here,
and that secret would send me to Kingdom
come no doubt. And, if my
courage holds out, I shall end
my earthly career before you have q chance
to investigate this matter further. My
name is not Abner Byne, as you think.
but Leon Harding; the junior partner could
tell you why changed my name, if ne
were living after to-day, but he viii not be
/ alive, neither shauI.
/ sLEoN HARDING."
The morning papers In B. were full
of the tragical occurrence, painting it in
extravagant colors, but no one had recog-
nized the man who had jumped overheard
and was drowned. Doubtless the would
be assassin had followed up the dastardly
! deed with contemplated suicide, as he
sprang from the boat directly after the
shooting"
! And thus the affair was discussed while
/ Cullen Leighton struggled back to life
/ through a tedious cOnvalescense. He
hadn't the least idea who sent the shot so
near his heart; he suspected no one, could
think Of no one-unless it could have been
well that could not have been either, for
| Harding wasn't in the country-hadn't
been since his implication in the Benson
murder, ten years ago.
But the junior partner did not grow
| strong; it seemed that the weary, spiritless
! oppression hung over him like destiny.
| Others could not understand, as how could
/ they, that the pale, pensiVe face of Eleanor
/ Byrne haunted him. Poor little womanl
! She needed kindness, he knew. By the
time he was able to be driven down to the
| store the denouement came to him with
/ a shock from which he never recovered.
A letter was handed him @frOm the pale
/ lady" they said. On opening it he had
turned as white as the dead, and had gone
into the private Office, locking the door
after him.
/ They heard him walking up and down
the room, but they did not know he held
Leon Harding's note to his wife in his
trembling hand and talked to himself in a
dazed way. "His wife. Obi my Godl and
/ I loved her SOL"
When, at evening, they found him at the
| desk, dead and cold, they said he was
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Of the matter.
The Giant Growth Of Grain Of Gossip.
Mrs. A. (to Mrs. BIZ saw dear
Mrs. X. in Washington square to-day.
Can she be intending to take a house
there?
Mrs. B. Ito Mrs. C.)-I hear Mrs. X.
is going to take a house in Washington
square. Mrs. A. saw her looking for
one yesterday.
. Mrs. Q. to Mrs. DISC the KS are
going to settle in Washington square.
Mrs. B. tells me they have taken a
house there, and Will move in at once.
Mrs. d. TO Mrs. Ell suppose the
KS Will entertain handsomely now
that they are settled IN Washington
square. They can hardly afford to dc
otherwise, considering the style they
put on.
Mrs. E. to Mrs. F.)-Have you had
; a card for the opening reception of the
I X. 3 new house In Washington square
No? What a pity. Mrs. D. tells me
it viii be simply gorgeous. The Van
derbilt ball viii be nothing in compare
son.
Mrs. F. Ito Mrs. CIT seems to me
the ks have quite outgrOwn then
! shoes lately. Now that they have
! moved to Washington square they seem
to have forgotten all their old friends
But that is always the way with these
parUe7laLs.
Mrs. G.. to Mrs. H.)-What dreadful
shOddy the X. s are, to be sure. They
used to be quite decent souls, until ole
X made a million or so in some stOcl
gambling game. Now they have takeI
place in Washington square, an6
don't recognize their old friends in the
street for fear they viii have to invite
them to the house warming. Ridicu
, lOus, isn't it
Mrs. H. Ito Mrs. L You have heard
about the X 3, Of course? They have
moved to Washington square, and are
going to give a grand ball But they
7 are 80 stuck up that they want a new
visiting list, and they have boldly in
vited every one they don't know tina
they can think Of. No one worth lesi
I than a million has been asked, and
j hear that Mrs. X is so crazed viii
) vanity that the servants have orders K
? call her my lady and your ladyship
under pain Of discharge.
And so on through the alphabet
/ Meanwhile the following paragraph hal
been received at this Office:
HThere Is absolutely no truth In the
, report that Mr.. y. 7. x, Of 998 Fiftl
avenue, has taken a house in Washing
ton square. Owing to Mrs. KS deli
cate health they viii spend the summe
= abroad and the winter in California
, Their hOspitable mansion U i'll be clOse'
D TO society at least "a ear - IO1g9
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